Public Health_Community Health Nursing Practice in Canada_Role and Activities - 2010
Describes public health/community health nursing practice in Canada.
Practice
Changing Tides. Improving Outcomes Through Mentorship on all Levels of Nursing - 2010
This article is not only pertinent to those working in critical care; it can be utilized and explored on all levels of nursing. Through effective mentorship, we can positively impact our healthcare organizations; improve job satisfaction; and promote professional development and empowerment in students, new graduates, staff nurses, educators, nurse leaders, and nurse faculty. Most importantly, mentoring can result in improved nursing care, high-quality healthcare, and improved patient outcomes.
The Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice - 2010
At a time when the world is facing a shortage of health workers, policy-makers are looking for innovative strategies that can help them develop policy and programmes to bolster the global health workforce. The Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice highlights the current status of interprofessional collaboration around the world, identifies the mechanisms that shape successful collaborative teamwork and outlines a series of action items that policy-makers can apply within their local health system.
Evidence-Based Culture: RN/RPN Utilization Toolkit - 2009
20 Questions Directors of Not-For-Profit Organizations Should Ask about Risk - 2009
This document explains what “risk” and “risk management” mean, describes how risks can be identified and managed, and provides guidance for boards on how to carry out their oversight responsibilities.
There are three sections:
- Risk Context and Policy
- Managing Risk
- Monitoring and Learning
Building Nurses Capacity in Community Health Services - 2009
This paper describes core processes, components, and insights gained from a research internship offered through the University of Ottawa.
The internship was deliberately structured around core processes of providing individual and group mentoring, creating opportunities for experiential education,and strengthening networks with researchers and decision-makers in health services and policy research. Building and sustaining individual research capacity was supported with strategies to address system challenges.
Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice - 2008
Designed to support community health nursing practice, this document
• summarizes the development and purpose of community health nursing standards
• describes community health nursing and its mission, values and beliefs, and practice focus areas of home health and public health nursing
• provides a framework for community health nursing practice in the Canadian Community Health Nursing Practice Model
• presents the five standards of practice and indicators showing how community health nurses apply these standards
CNO: Professional Standards, Revised 2002
Professional Standards, Revised 2002 (Professional Standards) provides an overall framework for the practice of nursing and a link with other standards, guidelines and competencies developed by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO). It describes in broad terms the professional expectations of nurses and applies to all nurses, in every area of practice.
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